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6/1 -- Iron Cupcake Chicago

Monday at 6 PM at the Veranda Inn restaurant (5700 W. Irving Park), Beautiful Cakes hosts Iron Cupcake Chicago, the first in what it expects to be a monthly series of cupcake bake-offs. The inaugural edition, to be judged by Chicago Bites team Bridget Houlihan and Tammy Green, challenges bakers to create cupcakes using citrus; attendees can taste the results for free. There's no charge for entering the contest either; register in advance (beautifulcakes@sbcglobal.net or 773-777-7535) and bring two dozen cupcakes for judging and sharing.